Saturday, February 4, 2012

Sushi, Sushi, Sushi!

I just love it. It's delicious, healthy, and super fun to make. This was my first attempt, and I am hoping for many more soon (in fact, I think a friend is coming over tomorrow and we can make some)!

Photo Copyright 2012 Katie Peters

You ready for the fun fact? I didn't use a recipe. I just kind of made it up.

You see, I decided that I wanted to spend two weeks on an All-Asian (or mostly Asian, mostly Japanese) Diet. Boyfriend and I went to Chinatown in NYC to get some groceries and discovered how inexpensive fresh fish and vegetables are out there. Like...I want to ONLY buy from Chinatown because of it. So we bought over a pound of fresh salmon, some imitation crab sticks, sushi rice, a bamboo sushi mat, nice chopsticks, wooden skewers, and the list goes on! Once I finally move to the city for good, you can bet your britches I'm going to be buying awesome bowls and plates. So I decided to try my hand at making sushi! I did look up a sushi rice recipe (involving rice vinegar and salt that I added to taste), and took a chance! So here's my take on a Philadelphia Roll, a California Roll, and a Spicy Crab Roll!

California Roll-2 imitation crab sticks, cut in half lengthwise
-1 tbsp. light cream cheese, spreadable
-1/4 cucumber, julienned (1/2 avocado is preferred, but I didn't have any at the time of my original picture-taking)

I also attempted a roll with the rice on the outside and the nori on the inside, like you see in many restaurants. That was much harder and a horse of a completely different color. I'll try again sometime.

Photo Copyright 2012 Katie Peters

Spicy Crab Roll. - Photo Copyright 2012 Katie Peters

Making sushi in your own home is much more simple than you think! It takes a bit of patience but it is so worth it!

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I firmly believe in doing whatever makes you the happiest. For me, that includes acting/theatre, culinary arts, playing the piano, makeup artistry and anything my heart desires. I'm 22, a senior BFA Musical Theatre Major at Ithaca College, and preparing to move to NYC permanently in May.